Horror Movies Referenced in American Horror Story: 1984
This Season of American Horror Story Is Already Going All In on the Horror Movie References
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OK, so this one isn't technically a horror film, but it is an '80s movie. Mr. Jingles's escape in flashback actually owes something to an unexpected source: the dark comedy Heathers. In that movie, the heroine Veronica pretends to hang herself in order to save her life and escape from JD's influence. In this episode of AHS, Mr. Jingles uses a similar fake-hanging rigging to get the upper hand on an orderly before calmly letting himself and other patients out.